Carol Mason

Carol Mason

Carol Mason is the author of Killing for Life: The
Apocalyptic Narrative of Pro-life Politics
(Cornell, 2002) and Reading
Appalachia from Left to Right: Conservatives and the 1974 Kanawha County
Textbook Controversy
, new from Cornell this summer. Mason is Associate
Professor of English and Director of Gender Studies at Oklahoma State
University.

Carol Mason's articles

Who Are You Calling Baby Killer?

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by Carol Mason

August 24, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

Before it was used as an anti-choice accusation, the phrase "baby killer" was hurled at American soldiers returning from Vietnam in the 60s and the 70s.
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